Plettenburg

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Pletsenborch in 1665. Named after a former castle, the name of which is of unknown etymology. The name of the castle may derive from a term cognate with Middle Low German plette (“flat, evenly placed”) and Middle Dutch borch (“fortified settlement, castle”).

Compare Plettenberg.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Plet‧ten‧burg

Proper noun

Plettenburg n

A neighbourhood of Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “plettenburg”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN